- Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
This is a list of winners and nominations for the
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for outstanding set design of a play or musical. The award was first presented in 1947. In 1960, 1961, and since 2005, the category was divided with each genre receiving its own.Award winners and nominations
1940s
;1947:-
David Folks – "Henry VIII";1948:-Horace Armistead – "The Medium ";1949:-Jo Mielziner - "Sleepy Hollow" / "Summer and Smoke " / "Anne of the Thousand Days " / "Death of a Salesman " / "South Pacific"1950s
;1950:-
Jo Mielziner – "The Innocents ";1951:-Boris Aronson – "The Rose Tattoo " / "The Country Girl " / "Season in the Sun ";1952:- Jo Mielziner – "The King and I ";1953:-Raoul Penè Du Bois – "Wonderful Town ";1954:-Peter Larkin – "Ondine " / "The Teahouse of the August Moon";1955:-Oliver Messel – "House of Flowers";1956:-
Peter Larkin – "Inherit the Wind " / "No Time for Sergeants "
* Boris Aronson – "The Diary of Anne Frank" / "Bus Stop" / "Once Upon a Tailor " / "A View from the Bridge "
*Ben Edwards – "The Ponder Heart " / "Someone Waiting " / "The Honeys "
* Jo Mielziner – "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof " / "The Lark " / "Middle of the Night " / "Pipe Dream"
*Raymond Sovey – "The Great Sebastians ";1957:- Oliver Smith – "
My Fair Lady "
* Boris Aronson – "A Hole in the Head " / "Small War on Murray Hill "
* Ben Edwards – "The Waltz of the Toreadors "
*George Jenkins – "The Happiest Millionaire " / "Too Late the Phalarope "
*Donald Oenslager – "Major Barbara"
* Oliver Smith – "A Clearing in the Woods " / "Candide" / "Auntie Mame " / "Eugenia " / "Visit to a Small Planet ";1958:- Oliver Smith – "
West Side Story "
* Boris Aronson – "Orpheus Descending " / "A Hole in the Head " / "The Rope Dancers "
*Ben Edwards – "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs "
* Jo Mielziner – "Look Homeward, Angel" / "Miss Lonelyhearts " / "The Square Root of Wonderful " / "Oh, Captain! " / "The Day the Money Stopped "
* Oliver Smith – "Brigadoon " / "Carousel" / "Jamaica" / "Nude with Violin " / "Time Remembered "
* Peter Larkin – "Blue Denim " / "Compulsion " / "Good As Gold " / "Miss Isobel ";1959:-
Donald Oenslager – "A Majority of One "
* Boris Aronson – "J.B. "
*Ballou – "The Legend of Lizzie "
* Ben Edwards – "Jane Eyre"
* Oliver Messel – "Rashomon"
*Teo Otto – "The Visit "1960s
;1960: "see
#Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical ;1961: "see#Scenic Design in a Play and Scenic Design in a Musical ;1962:- Will Steven Armstrong – "
Carnival! "
* Rouben Ter-Arutunian – "A Passage to India "
* David Hays – "No Strings "
* Oliver Smith – "The Gay Life ";1963:-
Sean Kenny – "Oliver! "
* Will Steven Armstrong – "Tchin-Tchin "
* Anthony Powell – "The School for Scandal "
*Franco Zeffirelli – "The Lady of Carnelias ";1964:- Oliver Smith – "Hello, Dolly!"
* Raoul Penè Du Bois – "The Student " / ""
* Ben Edwards – "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe "
* David Hays – "Marco Millions ";1965:- Oliver Smith – "
Baker Street " / "Luv " / "The Odd Couple "
* Boris Aronson – "Fiddler on the Roof " / "Incident at Vichy "
* Sean Kenny – "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd "
*Beni Montresor – "Do I Hear a Waltz? ";1966:- Howard Bay – "
Man of La Mancha "
* William / Jean Eckart – "Mame "
* David Hays – "Drat! The Cat! "
* Robert Randolph – "Anya " / "Skyscraper " / "Sweet Charity ";1967:- Boris Aronson – "Cabaret"
*John Bury – "The Homecoming "
* Oliver Smith – "I Do! I Do! "
*Alan Tagg – "Black Comedy ";1968:-
Desmond Heeley – "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead "
* Boris Aronson – "The Price"
* Robert Randolph – "Golden Rainbow "
*Peter Wexler – "The Happy Time";1969:- Boris Aronson – "Zorba the Greek"
*Derek Cousins – "Canterbury Tales"
* Jo Mielziner – "1776"
* Oliver Smith – "Dear World "1970s
;1970:- Jo Mielziner – "
Child's Play "
* Howard Bay – "Cry for Us All "
*Ming Cho Lee – "Billy"
* Robert Randolph – "Applause";1971:- Boris Aronson – "Company"
* John Bury – "The Rothschilds "
*Sally Jacobs – "A Midsummer Night's Dream "
* Jo Mielziner – "Father's Day";1972:- Boris Aronson – "
Follies "
* John Bury – "Old Times "
*Kert Lundell – "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death "
* Robin Wagner – "Jesus Christ Superstar ";1973:-
Tony Walton – "Pippin"
* Boris Aronson – "A Little Night Music "
* David Jenkins – "The Changing Room "
*Santo Loquasto – "That Championship Season ";1974:-
Franne Lee /Eugene Lee – "Candide"
*John Conklin – "The Au Pair Man "
* Santo Loquasto – "What the Wine-Sellers Buy "
* Oliver Smith – "Gigi "
*Ed Wittstein – "Ulysses in Nighttown ";1975:-
Carl Toms – "Sherlock Holmes "
* Scott Johnson – "Dance With Me"
*Tanya Moiseiwitsch – "The Misanthrope "
*William Ritman – "God's Favorite "
* Rouben Ter-Arutunian – "Goodtime Charley "
* Robin Wagner – "Mack and Mabel ";1976:- Boris Aronson – "
Pacific Overtures "
* Ben Edwards – "A Matter of Gravity "
* David Mitchell – "Trelawny of the 'Wells' "
* Tony Walton – "Chicago";1977:- David Mitchell – "
Annie "
* Santo Loquasto – "American Buffalo"
* Santo Loquasto – "The Cherry Orchard "
* Robert Randolph – "Porgy and Bess ";1978:- Robin Wagner – "
On the Twentieth Century "
*Zack Brown – "The Importance of Being Earnest "
*Edward Gorey – "Dracula"
* David Mitchell – "Working";1979:-
Eugene Lee – "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street "
*Karl Eigsti – "Knockout"
* David Jenkins – "The Elephant Man"
*John Wulp – "The Crucifer of Blood "1980s
;1980:-
John Lee Beatty – "Talley's Folley ";:- David Mitchell – "Barnum"
*Timothy O'Brien /Tazeena Firth – "Evita"
* Tony Walton – "A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine ";1981:- John Bury – "
Amadeus "
* John Lee Beatty – "Fifth of July "
* Santo Loquasto – "The Suicide "
* David Mitchell – "Can-Can";1982:- John Napier /
Dermot Hayes – "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby"
* Ben Edwards – "Medea"
*Lawrence Miller – "Nine"
* Robin Wagner – "Dreamgirls ";1983:-
Ming Cho Lee – "K2"
*John Gunter – "All's Well That Ends Well "
* David Mitchell – "Foxfire"
* John Napier – "Cats";1984:-
Tony Straiges – "Sunday in the Park with George "
*Clarke Dunham – "End of the World"
* Peter Larkin – "The Rink"
* Tony Walton – "The Real Thing";1985:-
Heidi Landesman – "Big River"
* Clarke Dunham – "Grind"
*Ralph Koltai – "Much Ado About Nothing "
*Voytek Levine / Michael Levine – "Strange Interlude ";1986:- Tony Walton – "
The House of Blue Leaves "
* Ben Edwards – "The Iceman Cometh "
* David Mitchell – "The Boys in Winter "
*Beni Montresor – "The Marriage of Figaro ";1987:- John Napier – "Les Misérables"
*Bob Crowley – "Les Liaisons Dangereuses "
*Martin Johns – "Me and My Girl "
* Tony Walton – "The Front Page ";1988:- Maria Björnson – "The Phantom of the Opera"
*Eiko Ishioka – "M. Butterfly "
* Tony Straiges – "Into the Woods "
* Tony Waltons – "Anything Goes ";1989:- Santo Loquasto – "
Cafe Crown "
*Thomas Lynch – "The Heidi Chronicles "
*Claudio Segovio /Hector Orezzoli – "Black and Blue"
* Tony Walton – "Lend Me a Tenor "1990s
;1990:- Robin Wagner – "
City of Angels "
*Alexandra Byrne – "Some Americans Abroad "
*Kevin Rigdon – "The Grapes of Wrath "
* Tony Walton – "Grand Hotel, the Musical ";1991:- Heidi Landesman – "
The Secret Garden "
* Richard Hudson – "La Bête "
* John Napier – "Miss Saigon "
* Tony Walton – "The Will Rogers Follies ";1992:- Richard Walton – "
Guys and Dolls "
* John Lee Beatty – "A Small Family Business "
*Joe Vanek – "Dancing at Lughnasa "
* Robert Wagner – "Jelly's Last Jam ";1993:-
John Arnone – "The Who's Tommy "
* John Lee Beatty – "Redwood Curtain "
*Jerome Sirlin – "Kiss of the Spiderwoman"
* Robin Wagner – "";1994:- Bob Crowley – "Carousel"
*Peter J. Davidson – "Medea"
* Ian MacNeil – "An Inspector Calls "
* Tony Walton – "She Loves Me ";1995:- John Napier – "
Sunset Boulevard "
* John Lee Beatty – "The Heiress "
*Stephen Brimson Lewis – "Indiscretions "
*Mark Thompson – "Arcadia";1996:-
Brian Thomson – "The King and I"
* John Lee Beatty – "A Delicate Balance "
* Scott Bradley – "Seven Guitars "
*Anthony Ward – "A Midsummer Night's Dream";1997:-
Stewart Laing – "Titanic"
* John Lee Beatty – "The Little Foxes "
*G.W. Mercer /Julie Taymor – "Juan Darien "
* Tony Walton – "Steel Pier ";1998:- Richard Hudson – "The Lion King"
* Bob Crowley – "The Capeman"
* Eugene Lee – "Ragtime"
*Quay Brothers – "The Chairs ";1999:-
Richard Hoover – "Not About Nightingales "
* Bob Crowley – "The Iceman Cometh"
* Bob Crowley – "Twelfth Night "
*Ricardo Hernandez – "Parade"2000s
;2000:- Bob Crowley – "Aida"
* Thomas Lynch – "The Music Man "
* Robin Wagner – "Kiss Me, Kate "
* Tony Walton – "Uncle Vanya ";2001:- Robin Wagner – "The Producers"
* Bob Crowley – "The Invention of Love "
*Heidi Ettinger – "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer "
*Douglas W. Schmidt – "42nd Street";2002:-
Tim Hatley – "Private Lives "
*Daniel Ostling – "Metamorphoses "
* Douglas W. Schmidt – "Into the Woods"
* John Lee Beatty – "Morning's at Seven ";2003:-
Catherine Martin – "La bohème "
* John Lee Beatty – "Dinner at Eight "
* Santo Loquasto – "Long Day's Journey into Night "
* David Rockwell – "Hairspray";2004:- Eugene Lee – "Wicked"
*Robert Brill – "Assassins"
*Ralph Funicello – "Henry IV"
*Tom Pye – "Fiddler on the Roof "cenic Design in a Play
;1960:-
Howard Bay – "Toys in the Attic "
*Will Steven Armstrong – "Caligula"
*David Hays – "The Tenth Man "
* George Jenkins – "The Miracle Worker"
* Jo Mielziner – "The Best Man";1961:- Oliver Smith – "
Becket "
*Roger Furse – "Duel of Angels "
* David Hays – "All the Way Home "
* Jo Mielziner – "The Devil's Advocate "
*Rouben Ter-Arutunian – "Advise and Consent ";2005:-
Scott Pask – "The Pillowman "
* John Lee Beatty – "Doubt"
*David Gallo – "Gem of the Ocean "
* Santo Loquasto – "Glengarry Glen Ross ";2006:-
Bob Crowley – "The History Boys "
* John Lee Beatty – "Rabbit Hole"
* Santo Loquasto – "Three Days of Rain"
* Michael Yeargan – "Awake and Sing!";2007:-
Bob Crowley / Scott Pask – "The Coast of Utopia "
*Jonathan Fensom – "Journey's End "
*David Gallo – "Radio Golf "
*Ti Green /Melly Still – "Coram Boy ";2008:-
Todd Rosenthal - ""
*Peter McKintosh - "The 39 Steps"
*Scott Pask - "Les Liaisons Dangereuses "
*Anthony Ward - "Macbeth "cenic Design in a Musical
;1960:- Oliver Smith – "
The Sound of Music "
*Cecil Beaton – "Saratoga"
* William Eckart / Jean Eckart – "Fiorello! "
* Peter Larkin – "Greenwillow "
* Jo Mielziner – "";1961:- Oliver Smith – "Camelot"
* George Jenkins – "13 Daughters "
*Robert Randolph – "Bye Bye Birdie ";2005:-
Michael Yeargan – "The Light in the Piazza "
*Tim Hatley – "Monty Python's Spamalot "
*Rumi Matsui – "Pacific Overtures "
* Anthony Ward – "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ";2006:-
David Gallo – "The Drowsy Chaperone "
*John Lee Beatty – "The Color Purple"
*Derek McLane – "The Pajama Game "
*Klara Zieglerova – "Jersey Boys ";2007:-
Bob Crowley – "Mary Poppins"
* Christine Jones – "Spring Awakening"
*Anna Louizos – "High Fidelity"
*Allen Moyer – "Grey Gardens ";2008:-
Michael Yeargan - Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific
*David Farley /Timothy Bird /The Knifedge Creative Network - "Sunday in the Park with George "
*Anna Louizos - In the Heights
* Robin Wagner - Young Frankenstein
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